November 29, 2020

DOH: 1,443 new COVID-19 cases, 13 additional deaths and big spike in hospitalizations

The state Department of Health reported 1,443 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The department also reported 23 additional deaths related to the disease. On Sunday, the department reported 919 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 65 since Saturday. This could include those from other states who are hospitalized in New Mexico, but […]

Matthew Reichbach

The state Department of Health reported 1,443 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The department also reported 23 additional deaths related to the disease.

On Sunday, the department reported 919 individuals were hospitalized for COVID-19, an increase of 65 since Saturday. This could include those from other states who are hospitalized in New Mexico, but would not include New Mexicans who are hospitalized out of state.

Bernalillo county had the most new cases again, with 356. Only two other counties had 100 or more new cases: Doña Ana County (167) and Chaves County (135).

The department also reported 19 new cases among inmates held by the state Department of Corrections.

DOH provided some information on each of the 13 newly reported deaths.

A male in his 50s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Princeton Place facility in Albuquerque.
A second male in his 80s from Bernalillo County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Colfax County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 70s from Doña Ana County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. She was a resident of the Calibre Sagecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Las Cruces.
A female in her 60s from Lea County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Lea County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. He was a resident of the Desert Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hobbs.
A female in her 30s from McKinley County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions.
A female in her 60s from Otero County who was hospitalized.
A male in his 70s from Sandoval County who was a resident of The Suites at Rio Vista facility in Rio Rancho.
A female in her 40s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and was a resident of the Aztec Healthcare facility in Aztec.
A male in his 80s from San Juan County who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. He was a resident of the Aztec Healthcare facility in Aztec.
A male in his 80s from Taos County. The individual was a resident of the Taos Living Center in Taos.

DOH does not disclose which underlying condition any of the deceased had, only if one was present before death.

The most common underlying condition for those who died with COVID-19 was hypertension, followed by diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to the state’s latest mortality update. Some of those who died had multiple comorbidities.

DOH has now found 95,417 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and reported 1,540 deaths related to the disease.

Of the confirmed cases, 32,050 are designated as recovered by the department.

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Rapid Response COVID-19 Watchlist had 205 establishments as of Sunday. These workplaces had two or more COVID-19 rapid responses in the last 14 days.

Testing details

The state coronavirus information page showed 1,547,171 tests processed as of Sunday, an increase of 10,969 from Saturday’s total.

DOH also provided the total number of newly reported cases by county.

356 new cases in Bernalillo County
1 new case in Catron County
135 new cases in Chaves County
33 new cases in Cibola County
10 new cases in Colfax County
33 new cases in Curry County
1 new case in De Baca County
167 new cases in Doña Ana County
19 new cases in Eddy County
15 new cases in Grant County
3 new cases in Guadalupe County
2 new cases in Hidalgo County
67 new cases in Lea County
16 new cases in Lincoln County
10 new cases in Los Alamos County
9 new cases in Luna County
88 new cases in McKinley County
28 new cases in Otero County
4 new cases in Quay County
40 new cases in Rio Arriba County
8 new cases in Roosevelt County
101 new cases in Sandoval County
82 new cases in San Juan County
6 new cases in San Miguel County
92 new cases in Santa Fe County
13 new cases in Sierra County
9 new cases in Socorro County
14 new cases in Taos County
15 new cases in Torrance County
5 new cases in Union County
42 new cases in Valencia County
15 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility
3 new cases among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Northwest New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Springer Correctional Center in Colfax County

DOH also reported the total number of cases by county, including those reported on Sunday.

The department identified three previously reported cases as duplicates (two in Bernalillo County and one in Valencia County). One case previously reported as a resident of Union County was determined to be an inmate at the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility in Union County, a case previously reported among inmates at the Western New Mexico Correctional Center in Cibola County was determined to be a resident of Cibola County and two cases previously reported as inmates at the Otero County Prison Facility were determined to be residents of Otero County. These have all been corrected.